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I'm trying to overcome my lifelong shyness about wearing glasses, so I put it in my avatar :eeek:
I'm trying to overcome my lifelong shyness about wearing glasses, so I put it in my avatar :eeek:
Rue, your looking very pretty. And have brave of you to put it in your avatar.. Good on you!
Here is a little staying my best m8's Mum used to say: Heres to those who love us and to hell with those that dont!
I'd love to see your glasses. I am trying to find a vintage or modern pair with more of a 1930's look.
" Men seldom make passes / At girls who wear glasses "
Totally do not agree with that comment.
I think men and women who wear glasses are just as attractive as people who dont wear glasses. I wear glasses and have done since I was ten. I used to get quite down about wearing them when I was in my teens but now I couldn't care less. Im still the same person with or without them.
My BF calls my earlier glasses my Granny specs and says I suit the 40s ones better, but it is those dratted wires you mention that stick in behind my ear no matter how the optometrist tried to ease them out. Oh, and the little nose pads are killers.
The trick in the Golden Era was to use rubber or cork sheaths that slid over the ends of the earpieces and cushioned the pressure, but those don't seem to be made by anyone anymore, and if anyone wants to go into the business of reproducing them I'd happily buy a pair. My current specs -- semi-rimless "Rimways" circa 1935 -- are nowhere near as heavy as the old ones because I have polycarbonate lenses. But they still have the wire earpieces, and they still rub.
Wow! I didn't know they existed then!But I was looking through a 1944 Harpers Bazaar last night and I saw an ad for cat eye shaped glasses that looked like plastic. That's the earliest I've seen of that style to my recollection. I think they were called Harlequins or something along those lines. Kinda neat!
*edit to add*- found a very similar ad from 1945 on Ebay so you can see what I mean.
Miss Sis, you always look amazing! Love the last shot. Did Gordon take that one?